To announce the reauthorization of the Work Opportunity Tax Credit Program under the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006 (P.L. 109-432) and provide procedural guidance to the states for processing requests for certification under the amended program.

To respond to questions concerning implementation of the TEUC program.

To announce the availability of Fiscal Year (FY) 2007 funds to improve UI Information Technology Security.

To advise State Workforce Agencies (SWAs) of the Provisions of Title II of the Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002 (the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002), to provide instructions for implementing the legislation, and to provide fiscal and reporting instructions.

To update procedures for State Workforce Agencies and ETA National Processing Centers to process H-2B labor certification applications in non-agricultural occupations.

To inform states of OMB's approval of the ETA 586, Interstate Arrangement for Combining Employment and Wages, and transmit the new expiration date and the National Office's burden hour estimate for this reporting requirement.

To announce a fourth ETA-sponsored national training session on federal financial and administrative requirements to be held in 2007.

Due to a high level of interest in the first three Financial and Administrative Forums, ETA is sponsoring a fourth session. The primary goal of this session is to provide in-depth guidance and technical support on ETA financial and administrative requirements. Topics for the forum include financial reporting, monitoring, procurement, indirect costs, salary and bonus limitations, audit requirements, and a host of other financial and administrative management topics. The forum will provide educational opportunities for state, local and discretionary grantees and enhance their understanding of the requirements of operating Federal grants. Fiscal and administrative staff working in ETA's formula and discretionary grant programs should attend. Interested program staff is also invited to attend.

To provide state workforce agencies with guidance on improving the Trade Act programs.

TEGL No. 13-06, Change 1, has four purposes:

• To inform states that May 1, 2007, is the revised deadline for submission of modifications of their State Strategic Plans for Title I of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) and the Wagner-Peyser Act (“the State Plan”) for years three and four of the current five-year planning cycle;
  
  
• To announce an option for states with newly-elected governors to request an additional sixty days to submit their State Plan modifications;
  
  
• To announce an electronic mail address for states to submit inquiries regarding the planning process to the Employment and Training Administration; and
  
  
• To provide additional instructions to states for modifying their State Plans using the unified planning guidance issued on April 12, 2005.

To establish procedures for notifying the IRS and DOL in the event an Indian Tribe fails to make required payments under state UI law.